0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:14 > 0:00:17will face a different daily challenge.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Who's there?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26..they'll give you the insider's view of the trade...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28HE GROWLS
0:00:28 > 0:00:30..along with their top tips and savvy secrets...
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That could present a problem for me.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35..showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Ready for battle.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39..from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Get in there!
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Coming up - things get ugly in the auction room.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I know who's bidding against me.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Del Boy running me up.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Eric shows his rival how it's done.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54He's not even letting the dust settle.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57He's started selling already.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- And Danny meets his match. - Style never goes out of fashion.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Absolutely. And fashion never goes out of style.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Hey, hold on a minute. Are you nicking my lines, or what?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Welcome, one and all, to another ultimate war of acquisition.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Today's battlefield is the picturesque town
0:01:28 > 0:01:30of Crewkerne in Somerset.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It may look quaint and charming but make no mistake,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36battle lines are being drawn as two commanders
0:01:36 > 0:01:40of collectables prepare to advance on an auction house.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Leading the charge is a decorated officer of all things porcelain.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47He's a crack shot auction assassin,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50it's Eric "The Knowledge" Knowles.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52You've got to have confidence in your goods.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And I have.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58And ready to repel Eric's assault
0:01:58 > 0:02:00is a profit-seeking private on parade.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06AS WINSTON CHURCHILL: Never has so much been considered for so many
0:02:06 > 0:02:07by just one man.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11It's Danny "Del Boy" Sebastian.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Let's get busy.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Today's battlefield is Lawrence's Auction Room.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Our boys have £1,000 of their own money
0:02:20 > 0:02:22to deploy at will,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26with all profits heading straight to their chosen charities.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So, Eric Knowles and Danny Sebastian,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Good morning, sir. How are you? - Good morning, Eric.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- I'm good, thank you. - You are?- I am.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Are you a regular at the saleroom? - Not at all.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43We've got a full, full morning ahead of us.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45You was here last night so you've seen the catalogue
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and you know what's going on.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Yeah, well, it was only a sneaky preview because...
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- That's all you need.- Well... - It's the great Eric Knowles.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56500! Thank you, we're going to get on well, me and you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57THEY LAUGH
0:02:57 > 0:03:00That being said, 500 lots to get through today
0:03:00 > 0:03:03so I think we are going to be really businesslike, you know.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05So I'll give you a tip, Danny. Follow your nose.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- Follow your gut also. - OK. On that note, go for it.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Yes, it's nose against gut. Oh.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15So, will Eric's slow and steady, old-school approach
0:03:15 > 0:03:20get the better of his challenger's cheeky chutzpah?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23As Eric took the initiative to preview the lots last night,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25you might think that gives him an advantage,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27but Del Boy had the same opportunity
0:03:27 > 0:03:29and clearly didn't think he needed it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32In fact, he's feeling pretty chipper about what's on offer
0:03:32 > 0:03:37and thinks his rival's strengths might not serve him well, here.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44I know Eric Knowles loves good-quality porcelain and china,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46and I've not seen it here today
0:03:46 > 0:03:49so I'm going to have a good look around
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and I think I might be in with a chance of winning this one.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Young pup Danny is hopeful that success awaits,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58but Eric is an old hand at auctions
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and has more than one trick up his sleeve.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03One thing I've learned to do is I've...
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I go through the lots
0:04:04 > 0:04:06and the things I really want, I put a star
0:04:06 > 0:04:10against them but I will also mark up a few other lots.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Now, the other lots are not star lots,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14they are what I call desperation lots.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Contingency plans for desperate times.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Yes, you'd have to get up pretty early in the morning
0:04:20 > 0:04:21to get one over on Eric
0:04:21 > 0:04:24and since he arrived at the auction last night,
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Danny has his work cut out.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28But he's already found something he likes the look of -
0:04:28 > 0:04:30a mahogany desk chair.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It's real nice condition. It's got a lovely scroll back,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38it's got that patina on it where it's been worn.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I think it's really lovely. And it seems all structurally sound,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44there's no woodworm.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47This might be a piece that I'll be going after.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Everyone's got an office in the house, or if not,
0:04:50 > 0:04:51in their office.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54An office in their office? That's a lot of office.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Meanwhile, Eric has spotted a print,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and he must like it - he's gone all whispery.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I've got one behind me, I don't want to draw attention to it, you see,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08because it's one of my favourite American artists.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13A man called Maxfield Parrish, and it's in nice condition and...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I want to buy that.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Oh, Eric's all excited
0:05:17 > 0:05:20and Danny is getting worked up too by an old workbench.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23This, I love.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25A nice workbench, it's an industrial piece,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29probably used in something like a woodworker's workshop.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I would say it's about 1950s, probably 1960s.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38If I can get that for about £60, £70, £80,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I'll be a happy man.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Danny is wearing his heart on his sleeve.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Eric is still in whisper mode, as he homes in on another item.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49It's um...nice...
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Chinese fourfold screen inlaid with mother of pearl.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58A lovely thing. It's missing bits of mother of pearl, not too much.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I'm going to have a go.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03So they've both picked out the pieces they want
0:06:03 > 0:06:06to take home, and now it's time.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07The auctioneer takes his seat on high.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09HE BANGS GAVEL
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Morning, everyone.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And our experts take to their positions.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15They are up against the rest of the room,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18not to mention the reserve bids on the auctioneer's book.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22It's Eric who's first to have a punt on a deceptively youthful lady.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Well, there is a lot coming up which is just described
0:06:27 > 0:06:29as a statue on a plinth.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It looks ancient, it looks like it could be 18th century.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It's not, I think it's probably precast concrete.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37They look good in somebody's garden,
0:06:37 > 0:06:38it looks like it's been around
0:06:38 > 0:06:41since before the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Lot 41, statue on a plinth.
0:06:44 > 0:06:4635. 38, 40, 2, now.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48At 42 on my right.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50All done, I sell at 42.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51HE BANGS GAVEL
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Oh, he's got me a little bit worried here now.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I didn't even spot this statue on a plinth.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00And so the old guard takes an early 1-0 lead
0:07:00 > 0:07:02against the young pretender,
0:07:02 > 0:07:07taking home his decorative lady for £51.83, including fees.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12She might actually be one of a set of four,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17maybe one of the four seasons, so we would be looking at summer.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Well, what she does have to her advantage is that
0:07:19 > 0:07:22she has been around for, not a long time,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26but enough time for lichens to build up on the surface
0:07:26 > 0:07:30and this gives it a sense of antiquity.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35All in all, she comes complete with a lucky horseshoe.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And it does seem to bring him luck,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39as he also snaps up the collection of prints
0:07:39 > 0:07:42which includes the Maxfield Parrish picture he saw earlier.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44That's my Maxfield Parrish.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- £18!- And with fees, that's a total of £22.21
0:07:49 > 0:07:50for the prints.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Eric is showing Danny thing or two about auctions,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55but it's The Knowledge who's taken a leaf out
0:07:55 > 0:07:59of Del Boy's book next as he spots a lot which might just help
0:07:59 > 0:08:00him reach great heights.
0:08:02 > 0:08:0783 is coming up. It's a wooden stepladder.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09But I've noticed that it's quite...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's got a bit of vintage going on here.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Everybody is using ladders nowadays as props.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It's something that I always go for because they are so handy,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19they are shelving, you know they make a great prop.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I never normally go for anything like that but,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23again, if it's at the right price...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Let's hope I buy him at the right money.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Great minds, eh?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29With Eric 2-0 ahead,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32this is Danny's first opportunity to get in the game.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Lot 83 is a wooden stepladder.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Interest here, I have to start at 25. At £25 with me.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- All done, I sell... - Look at that, simultaneous bidding!
0:08:42 > 0:08:4430, 32.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Neither of them is backing down. - 38. 40.
0:08:48 > 0:08:5042.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52At 42 on my right, at 42.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56All done? Selling at 42. All done?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I know who was bidding against me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Del Boy, running me up.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04He can have them. £42 just a little bit
0:09:04 > 0:09:05too much money, I feel for them.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Well, actually, after auction costs, Eric pays £51.83.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13He may have outbid Del Boy, but was it a wise step?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Well, this is my ladder.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20This is something I think probably dates to the early part
0:09:20 > 0:09:22of the 20th century.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26It could well date, you know, to actually before
0:09:26 > 0:09:27the First World War.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30However, I might do a little bit more finding out
0:09:30 > 0:09:35and at least I know that there was one other person
0:09:35 > 0:09:37keen to acquire it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41And when that one person just happens to be your opponent,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45then victory is made just that little bit sweeter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Ah, the sweet smell of a 3-0 lead.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But Danny is hoping to wheel himself into the game
0:09:51 > 0:09:53as he has spotted a bit of gardenalia.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57There's a lovely rustic, distressed wheelbarrow
0:09:57 > 0:09:59just coming up, so I just want to get something in the bag.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02With a bit of luck, they'll think it's rotten and going a bit,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05you know, distressed, a bit holey.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I might get it for nowt, this one.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Lot 98.- Here we go. - Interest here, I start at 30.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Oh!- 30, 32, 35, 38.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Always the way - what I want, so does everybody else.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20All done, I sell.
0:10:20 > 0:10:2245. 48.
0:10:22 > 0:10:2350.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Five, 60.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I sell at 60. Yes, sir.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- 928.- Whoops-a-daisy, Danny.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Dropping my paperwork,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34everything's going all over the place,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I'm so excited, or am I nervous?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Hold it together, Del Boy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42His nerves are jangling like a wind chime as he pays just over £74
0:10:42 > 0:10:45for the wheelbarrow, and he's off to a start.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Eric, however, has three buys already
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and is bidding on his next.
0:10:49 > 0:10:5190, 95, 100.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53At £100, all done.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56He is back on again!
0:10:56 > 0:10:57I don't know what is going on here
0:10:57 > 0:10:59but he's finding a lot of lots early.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I've got to level with you, I'm not sure what I've bought,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05but...instinctively, I liked the picture.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Eric's bid blind on a picture and spent a whopping £123.40.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It's a risky strategy, so what's he got himself?
0:11:15 > 0:11:20I love the composition. It obviously was painted in around about 1900,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23give or take, 1890, maybe 1910.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's an unusual composition.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30It's...it's not signed. I would've liked it to be signed.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Hmm...
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I'll have to play this one very carefully.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Um, I did spend a fair amount of money on it
0:11:38 > 0:11:42but, you know, you've got to speculate to accumulate.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Hmm, Eric sounds a little unsure
0:11:45 > 0:11:47whether his impulsive buy was a good one,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50but with four buys to Danny's slippery wheelbarrow,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53his opponent is getting anxious.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I want him to just finish,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57sit down and leave the rest of the game to me.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yeah, there's not much chance of that.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05So I'm having a go on a couple of brown stoneware jars.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07They are sort of barrels, really.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10£70. £70 with me. One more.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12It's against you. 75.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14My far right at 75.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Last time.- He's won another!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I tell you what, Eric's nearly there,
0:12:18 > 0:12:19he's nearly done and dusted.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23# Roll out the barrel... #
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Yes, his overnight preparations are apparently paying off
0:12:29 > 0:12:31when he takes the two flagons for £92.56, after fees.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Technically, they are referred to as salt-glazed barrels,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40and they are barrels that would have taken spirits
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and they would have actually been in a pub
0:12:44 > 0:12:49in around about...about 1820, or thereabouts.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I paid a reasonable amount for them, they weren't overly expensive,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55there's still a profit in them, I'm convinced,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57and that's what this business is all about.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Are you listening, Del Boy? Are you listening?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Hmm, could it be that our mild man of memorabilia
0:13:02 > 0:13:04is getting a tad overconfident?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Let's just see how far ahead he is at this stage of the buying.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Both our dealers arrived with £1,000 of their own money.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Eric has an impressive five lots to his name,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19costing £341.83,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23leaving just over £658 in the bank.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Danny has spent a smidge over £74 on his one purchase,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31leaving him almost £926 to fight with.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Are you enjoying yourself?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I was until you started buying up everything.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I thought, "Hold on a minute. Am I going to get a chance?"
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- I'm not buying the things you want, Danny!- No, we do...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Actually, we did. There was a pair of ladders came between us.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Yes, there was a pair of ladders!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Yes! I just thought you paid too much for that.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Well, there was somebody bidding underneath me
0:13:52 > 0:13:54who nearly paid too much.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Well, it was me... - That's I'm trying to say.- Ooh!
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- £42?!- Listen, when was the last time you bought a ladder
0:14:01 > 0:14:03for that sort of money?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Listen... Hang on for a second.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- What, are you still bidding?- Yes.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09There's something coming up in a sec.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- I thought you'd bought all you lots. - I've bought a few.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13My stuff is coming up, it's coming up,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- after dinner, my stuff is coming up. - I knew it.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Hopefully.- You are pacing yourself.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Of course I am, yes.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I thought, "There's a man that doesn't peak too soon."
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- I tell you what I thought.- Go on.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Half of this crowd will be gone home.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Might be cheaper.- A lot of them will be picking up their
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- children from school.- Exactly.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Exactly. Well, we'll let you know.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Hang on, what's he up to?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Listen, I'd love to chat, but I've got to bid.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Nothing personal.- See you later. - I'll be watching you.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Oh, the daggers are out in the auction today
0:14:42 > 0:14:45with Eric lauding his strong start over Danny.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48There will be blood, yes, before this is over,
0:14:48 > 0:14:49unless Danny can pull his socks up.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52So, what's the plan then, Del Boy?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55There's a few things that I've put a mark down,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and they sort of come one after the other,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01not directly, but, you know, they are going to be coming real quick.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Now, if I can win them lots, I'll have caught up to Eric Knowles.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I'll be back in the game.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Yes, you can't keep a good man down.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Although Eric is certainly trying,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14as he quickly nets himself a nautical picture.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17I'm selling this one at 18.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Sailing away with the engraving for just over £22 with fees.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Now, Danny was hoping that the lack of pottery
0:15:24 > 0:15:26at this auction might work to his advantage,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28but what's this?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Eric appears to have found a job lot with a hidden treasure.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35There is a fabulous bohemian enamelled glass vase and cover
0:15:35 > 0:15:37in tiptop condition.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41£60 is bid. At 65. 70, 5, 80.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Oh, they've spotted the vase. - £90, still with me
0:15:44 > 0:15:46at 90 on the book. 95.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48100, 110, 120.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50130.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53At 130 in the room now, last time.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54HE BANGS GAVEL
0:15:54 > 0:16:00The job lot costs Eric £160.42 with fees.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I've just gone and bought this job lot.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05However, there's only one object there I want
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and it's this glass vase and cover.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09I know it looks like ceramic.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I can see that all the gilding is good,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14the enamelling is exquisite.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19You've got these two storks or cranes.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24All that is hand-decorated, all hand-enamelled.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26This is as good as the day it was made
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and it was probably made in around about 1875,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33no later than 1895, I think.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35So that's a fifth buy for Eric
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and a potential diamond in the rough.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Danny really needs to get buying and quick.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Could these boots walking him back into the game?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Got a nice set of leather riding boots coming up.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51They're vintage, I'd say they are about 1950s,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53got a lovely pair of trees in them as well.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And Danny's up against the bids
0:16:55 > 0:16:57on the auctioneer's book for the boots.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- At 45, we're selling. - Here we go.- 50. 50, 55,
0:17:00 > 0:17:0360, 65. 70, 75.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Are you bidding?- Go on, then. - £80. Selling at 80 now.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Selling?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I didn't really want to pay that much for it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Eric's got me on the back foot, he's got all his lots, nearly,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16and I'm just starting mine.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I don't know what he's doing,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23but he's just paid £80 for a pair of leather boots.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I mean, I can only hope they were at one stage worn by Elvis.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31AS ELVIS: Thank you very much.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Danny pays £98.72 for the boots,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37so will they help him walk off with a profit?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I've had a good look around them and they are in lovely condition.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44All the leather, it's not been cracked or overly worn,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46the heels are good
0:17:46 > 0:17:50and they've got a lovely pair of antique trees inside.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It's got a little maker's name on it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Faulkners and Son. Lovely condition.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Nice little handles, it's just a nice lot
0:18:00 > 0:18:02and can really be used anywhere.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05A great decorative piece.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09# One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you... #
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Go on, then!
0:18:10 > 0:18:13With his boots in the bag, Danny marches on
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and gets his hand in the air,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17bidding on a box of retro Meccano.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Selling at 75 now.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20HE BANGS GAVEL
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And winning the lot for £92.56 with fees.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Danny now has three items to his name
0:18:27 > 0:18:31and he makes that four when he buys the 1920s mahogany chair
0:18:31 > 0:18:32that he saw earlier
0:18:32 > 0:18:36in his usual flamboyant bidding style.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Hey-up!- All done at 140.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I'm happy with that lot.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Costing a total of £172.76 with fees,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49so it is 4-7, and Danny's catching up with Eric.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50The workbench is up next
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and it is another must-have item for Del Boy.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Got to win this. - 55 anywhere? All done at 55.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Hey-up!- 60. 65?
0:19:00 > 0:19:0270. 75?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- 80.- Go on.- Is that a bid?- Yes.- 85.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- 90?- Yes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:0995? No.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11On the right there at 90, and selling.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13HE BANGS GAVEL
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It seems like they like industrial down here.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17£95.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Plus the fees, just over 100 quid, but it's a nice piece.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I'm going to wax it up, I'm going to pretty it up,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm going to make it look good,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26and I know it's going to sell for good money.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I'm happy with that last lot.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34The workbench puts him back £111.06, including fees.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37So hopefully there is still a workable profit in it
0:19:37 > 0:19:41and with his fifth item, Danny hangs up his bidding paddle.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44That's me done, bought my last lot, happy with it.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It's been a good day all round.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Go and pay my bill now and pick up my items.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Danny has come back from nowhere and decisively bought
0:19:54 > 0:19:57what he hopes will be a winning assortment of sellables,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00but Eric, he's not done yet.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02He's been waiting for the fourfold screen
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and joins the bidding at £65.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07New bidder, 60, 65, 70.
0:20:07 > 0:20:1075, 80. 85, 90?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13With the gentleman at 85.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15HE BANGS GAVEL
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I'm very pleased with that buy.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Having bought it, of course, I've now got to sell it,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23so you've got to have confidence in your goods.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26And I have.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Eric seals his final deal for £104.90 for the folding screen
0:20:31 > 0:20:34and with that, the auction comes to an end.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Our experts must head home with their antiques under their...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Hold on, what's Knowlesy up to now?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Make me an offer I can't refuse.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Yes, I'm quite happy to give you £50 for the few pieces that...
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- £50?- Yes.- Put it there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Eric is already doing deals on the unwanted items
0:20:51 > 0:20:53from his job lot of china.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57The lot cost Eric £160.42 and he's already
0:20:57 > 0:20:58made £50 of that back.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Thank you very much. The deal is done.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Eric's not even letting the dust settle.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05He's started selling already.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06I've got to pull my socks up, I tell you.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Got to pull my socks up.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Yes, our young pretender still has a thing or two to learn
0:21:10 > 0:21:12from the grand master.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17From a £1,000 budget, Eric ended up walking away with eight purchases,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21shelling out £629.36.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Our late bloomer, Danny, managed to squirrel away five items,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29costing £549.14.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Time to glance over each other's hauls.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Are you happy with your purchases?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Oh, I'm over the moon.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39To be honest with you, I can't find a favourite lot at the minute
0:21:39 > 0:21:42because I love my workbench,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I love the 1920s chair.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47It's all good lots here today.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Yeah. And you almost loved my ladder.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I just felt that at that money...
0:21:53 > 0:21:5740, going on, bits on top, £50,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I thought, "I'll let you keep that one, Eric."
0:21:59 > 0:22:01OK, well, that's very generous of you on our first meeting.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03You're welcome. Your favourite piece?
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Favourite piece, I think, has to be the glass vase.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The glass vase. And what's going to bring in the most profit,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14now you've made half your profit on this lot already, the glass vase?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Well, it's a very good question.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I'm hoping that it might be the screen.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I need to have a good look at that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Danny, this is a game of look and learn.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Our pair of intrepid experts have finished the buying,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34so now it's time to sell.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37But before we dive into those turbulent waters,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39our heroes are back home with their hauls.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Danny is in Wellingborough, ironing out his plan of attack.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Well, all said and done, the auction was a good day, really.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It was a bit difficult initially but it came to a head
0:22:49 > 0:22:52where I've bought this lovely workbench.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It may look like a bit of tat at the minute.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56As soon as I get it waxed and sanded,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58it's going to look absolutely fabulous.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03I've got a chap, a friend of mine who restores and refurbishes,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06so he's going to sand it, he's going to wax it,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I think he's even going to put a shelf underneath,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11just to make it look a bit more gutsy and strengthen it up.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Then, of course, it's going to be worth strong money.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I've got this Meccano box, didn't cost me too much money.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21There's a lot of gear in it, so it'll make a good profit on that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Now, my Edwardian chair, this desk chair.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Fantastic, lovely scroll back on it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I'm going to have to find a new home for that.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34My barrow, my old French barrow, very nice.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I know a fair few gardeners, florists,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40so I don't think I'm going to struggle with that.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43My boots and my trees, these are great.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45They're going to need a polish,
0:23:45 > 0:23:46just to freshen them up a little bit,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49they're about 1920s, 1930s, I would have said.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52They're going to get a healthy profit and I'm going to try
0:23:52 > 0:23:55and sell them at a sort of equestrian centre.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58All said and done, I think it was a good day.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I know Eric bought a lot of stuff that day,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03but I think with what I've got,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05they all warrant fairly strong money,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09so therefore I'm not worried that Eric's going to run away
0:24:09 > 0:24:11and leave me in profit.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I'll be right on his shirt.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15So it's fair to say Danny's confident,
0:24:15 > 0:24:16but over in Wycombe,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20how is Eric feeling about his considerably large haul?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I was very happy with what I did buy,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24even if it is a lot.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26In fact, I've got eight items here.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Certainly my two stoneware spirit barrels,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35and also my Chinese hardwood screen,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39not forgetting the girl on the plinth.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44As for my painting, which I've shown to a friend of mine,
0:24:44 > 0:24:48and he's got quite a good knowledge of this area, he liked it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52He thinks it might be by a gifted amateur,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55but what I really need to do is take the back off,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57just to see if there's any signature.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It would make a world of difference cos I love that painting.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I don't want to sell it, but I've got to.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07But, that being said, if I was to say which of all the things
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I bought is going to offer me the biggest profit,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12well, fingers crossed,
0:25:12 > 0:25:18it's going to be my continental enamelled blue glass vase and cover.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23So all I've got to do now is actually do the selling.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Indeed. Both our dealers must get down to business,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30as they scour the land for the right buyers,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32utilising every resource available to find a match
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and maximise their profits.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38And remember, no deal is sealed without the shake of a hand.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Eric kicks off his selling spree in London,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46and he's going underground in search of profit on his flagons
0:25:46 > 0:25:48that cost him £92.56.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Well, here I am in the cellars
0:25:52 > 0:25:55of one of London's oldest wine merchants.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57They've been here since the 17th century.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02They're Berry Brothers & Rudd, and I'm here to meet Simon Berry
0:26:02 > 0:26:08because he's expressed an interest in my spirit barrels.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Hello, Simon, I've found you. - Eric, you have, yes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- It's a warren, I'm sorry about that. - No, fascinating, fascinating.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Yeah, this is a place you can lock me in overnight, not a problem.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- Not an issue.- As long as you've got a corkscrew.- Oh, of course, yes.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Of course. Well, anyway, these are the barrels.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I think quite fascinating.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31We are looking somewhere between 1820, maybe 1835.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33They're 200 years old, almost.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Well, yeah, they're getting on that way.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Certainly getting on that way. - What would they have been used for?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I mean, would they have been in a pub or a private house?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Yeah, I think they would have been in a pub.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I don't think it's the sort of thing you would get in a private house
0:26:46 > 0:26:51unless, of course, it was down in the butler's pantry, or whatever.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Do you think that they are going to find home in this establishment?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Because you have a bit of a collection
0:26:57 > 0:26:59of wine memorabilia and suchlike.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01We've got a collection of wine memorabilia
0:27:01 > 0:27:04and indeed stoneware, but nothing like this.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06So, personally, I'm always looking for things
0:27:06 > 0:27:09that have a little bit of interest there.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13And because they've got the royal warrant,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and because they've got the Prince of Wales's warrant as well,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18and we hold the warrant for both the current Prince of Wales
0:27:18 > 0:27:20and for Her Majesty the Queen,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I think I know exactly where I'm going to put them.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I was looking for in the region of a couple of hundred pounds
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- for the pair, but...- For the pair?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Yeah, but, you know, I am open to negotiation.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38How about if we went for...
0:27:38 > 0:27:41£80 each, therefore 160.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43160 for the pair?
0:27:43 > 0:27:48I think if we could just nudge it, just nudge it that £10 note,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50do you think we could do something at 170?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- OK.- Do you think so? - Yeah, I think we could.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57I am for hire if you need anybody here for sampling.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Now, now, it's a bit early for a celebratory tipple,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03but with an opening profit of £77.44,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Eric is delighted to have popped his cork.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Well, that was a fascinating place to do business.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13It's like stepping into the age of Charles Dickens,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16but it was a very gratifying sale because my spirit barrels
0:28:16 > 0:28:19are now where they would have been back in
0:28:19 > 0:28:21the early 19th century.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25It's a good start for Eric and one that he immediately builds on
0:28:25 > 0:28:29when he takes his garden statue to Hertfordshire landscaper Jason.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- 115? We've got a deal. - We've got a deal.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38And makes a statuesque profit of £63.17,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41making it two sales to Danny's nil.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44But Del Boy is hoping he'll soon be off the mark, as he heads to Olney,
0:28:44 > 0:28:48a town just north of Milton Keynes, with a mind to ride off
0:28:48 > 0:28:50with a profit for his riding boots from Kathryn,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53a co-director of an equestrian shop.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I'm just wondering, have I come to the wrong place,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59because I've got a nice vintage pair of riding boots, but these,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01all these boots here, to me, look like fashion boots.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Oh, we've got a bit modernised, yes.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06You have got a bit modernised, haven't you? Yeah.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Tell me, do these sell? What's going on here?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Yeah, well, these are dressage boots here.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11These are probably for training.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14So, I mean, which one looks the best, then?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I've got my beautiful vintage...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I'd date them around about the 1920s.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- Yeah.- Very well-made. I mean, this is a classic design.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- Style never goes out of fashion. - Absolutely.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26And fashion never goes out of style.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Hey, hold on a minute, are you nicking my lines or what?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- What's going on?- They look like they've been really well-kept,
0:29:31 > 0:29:32really well looked after.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33That was the hard work I put into it.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- You should have seen them. - You polished them yourself?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38You'd think I was in the forces, wouldn't you,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- with a polish like that? It's like a mirror!- Exactly.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43You must have heard of this name, Faulkner & Sons.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Yes, beautiful boot trees, aren't they?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- This is going to fit right into this shop, you know.- Absolutely.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50What do you think they'd be used for?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I think originally these boots would have been for hunting,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55going out in the field. A good general boot.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56What would you use them for?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58We'd use them as a nice prop.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59We could make them look beautiful in the shop.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Would they be something that you're interested in?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Yeah, absolutely. I think they'd really fit in with our shop.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It's all down to price, isn't it?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- Mm-hm.- I was thinking roundabout the 240 mark.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14OK, we were thinking more about the 120 mark.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Excuse me?
0:30:16 > 0:30:17- 120?- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- You've chopped me right in half. - I know.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Well, it needs to be a bit more than that, Kathryn.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23What about 160?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Oh, Kathryn.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28That beautiful smile's going to succumb me, I know, but...
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- I hope so.- It needs to be a little bit richer than that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Oh, Kathryn, how about 195?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38180.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40185 and we've got a deal.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- Great, OK. Deal.- Oh, thank you very much. Thank you, Kathryn.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49There's only one word I use when I have a great deal like that
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and make plenty of profit.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Boot-iful.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56Yes, a boot-iful profit of £86.28
0:30:56 > 0:30:58means that Danny has entered the race.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01But it's Eric next with his Chinese screen.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Well, I'm in rural South Oxfordshire.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I'm here to meet Teesha.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Teesha has a gallery in Oxford, but she is also
0:31:10 > 0:31:12something of a multi-tasker because she's got
0:31:12 > 0:31:15a bed and breakfast out here.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19I'm here actually to do a deal on my Chinese screen.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Teesha's family hails from the same part of China as the screen,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26so will she want to buy it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27How can I best describe it?
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Well, as you can see, fourfold, inlay.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36I think date-wise about 1880.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It has got this wonderful inlay
0:31:39 > 0:31:44and, if you look at the tree here, you can see it's very, very ornate.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Do you ever see this type of screen in China?
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Older days, yes, they used, but now people do not often use this.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Would that look the part in your gallery in Oxford, do you think?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59It could be. What's the price?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I was looking for around the £300 mark.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06I was thinking around the 200 mark.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08What if we went 250, would that go?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10250 is not a good figure.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Chinese like eight.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Oh, do you? All right, then, 280!
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- OK.- I was thinking 218.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24Oh, 218! If we said 238,
0:32:24 > 0:32:26would that be just as good?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- OK.- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- You are sure?- Yeah, you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31- Shake hands.- It's a deal.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Eric makes an impressive profit of a smidge over
0:32:34 > 0:32:37£133 for the screen.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39He then goes on to sell the gilt-framed pictures,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43including the Maxfield Parrish, to gallery owner Chrissy
0:32:43 > 0:32:46for a further profit of £97.79.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Danny needs to catch up. He's paid £75 to have
0:32:51 > 0:32:52his workbench restored.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56It now owes him over £186.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00He's had it delivered to Stockport Antiques Emporium owner Gabby,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03and hopes he can still carve out a profit.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- Hey, I tell you what, it looks- well, here. It does indeed.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09- What do you think, Gabby? - It's come home.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Love it. This is very now.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Everyone's after one of these.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16In actual fact, I've probably got a buyer straight away
0:33:16 > 0:33:20- for a shop fitting, as a front counter.- Oh, wow!
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- I mean...- And I've also seen them with a bit of slate set in here,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26as well, which is really nice, especially in the kitchen,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and you can oil them down.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- A bit of slate?- Mm, dropped in, just into the tool well, here.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- Let's talk about price. - Come on then. Spit it out.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38550.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Ouch! OK.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Got to be a bit more in it for me.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Listen, Gabby, there's plenty in it for you.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I mean, I've priced it up, I've reckoned it up.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56I've seen about what these are going for and it's a great thing.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58There's a little quirky bit here with this little door.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01There's two vices. It cost me a lot of money, you know.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Two vices, yeah, OK, I'll take that.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05500?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Will you go 520?
0:34:09 > 0:34:13No. I've got to screw these hinges off.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- Yes, I know.- They're horrible. - I know, they are horrible, yes.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18They wouldn't have been so bad had they been inside,
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- but they are quite...- Cheap.- 510.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21500, come on, we like round numbers.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- We do like round numbers. I'll have a deal at that.- Right.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Thank you very much, Gabby. - Thank you.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Incredible. Danny's spending pays off,
0:34:28 > 0:34:34and he makes the best profit so far, almost £314 on the bench.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37He's back in the game and understandably as pleased as punch,
0:34:37 > 0:34:40but how's he doing in the scores? Let's find out.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Eric has so far done five deals, giving him at total profit
0:34:46 > 0:34:48of £384.48.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Danny has only sold two of his five, but after his success with the bench
0:34:54 > 0:34:59he's just in the lead with a little over £400 of pure profit.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05With figures like that, only a fool would speculate
0:35:05 > 0:35:08on who's going to win today's clash.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Danny is up next with
0:35:10 > 0:35:12his job lot of Meccano.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16He's decided to split it into groups and sell it online.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19He's had some initial success with a couple of rarer pieces,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21some headlights and a steering wheel...
0:35:23 > 0:35:28Oh, yes! We've got a bid! In fact, we've got four.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29And it's made £50.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31..and does shift the rest,
0:35:31 > 0:35:35but after postage, packaging and auction costs were deducted,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39he only makes a total profit of just £7.02.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Meanwhile, Eric is continuing on his selling quest
0:35:43 > 0:35:47with his prize buy, the blue glass vase.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50It still owes him just over £123,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53so will London-based antiques dealer Mousa
0:35:53 > 0:35:56like it enough to give Eric a profit?
0:35:56 > 0:36:00I was intrigued to know your opinion.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Would you say Bohemia, rather than France?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I think it might be any, Bohemian or French,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09but in my opinion, it is French.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11But the date, I think about 1870, 1880.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Beautiful.- It's beautiful, yeah.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Well, I'm expecting around the 400 mark,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20so where do you come in on that one?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22I would be coming to £300.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Can I just push my luck and go to 370 or...?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Then why don't we shake hands on 350?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32350, we've got ourselves a deal.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Eric walks out with his biggest profit so far.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Remember, the vase was bought as part of a job lot and,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41with the rest either sold at the auction house
0:36:41 > 0:36:42or given to a charity shop,
0:36:42 > 0:36:46it means Mr Knowles has made almost £240 on the lot.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51That is what, in the business, you call a sleeper,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53when you get a price like that.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Having said that, I'm only too pleased
0:36:55 > 0:36:58that I had an early night before the auction.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02And he steps his profits up again when he sells his ladder
0:37:02 > 0:37:05to Buckinghamshire antiques dealer Chloe.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Can we meet halfway at 60?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Is that halfway?- Between 50 and 70.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Yeah, it probably is, isn't it?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Put your hand there.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Making a small profit of just £8.17,
0:37:17 > 0:37:20and ticking another item off his list.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Danny needs to catch up, and he's hoping to do just that
0:37:23 > 0:37:26with his mahogany chair, and so he carries it over
0:37:26 > 0:37:30to the same Stockport emporium where he sold his workbench,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33and he's hoping antiques dealer Laura will like it enough
0:37:33 > 0:37:37to add some profit on top of the £172 that he paid for it.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41This is a nice early 20th-century scroll top,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44with a rail back and a solid seat.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48I'd say it's got a 360-swivel and it's also got the rocking action.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Oh, yeah.- What do you think of it?
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Well, it's a wonderful piece. I mean, it's got such great curves
0:37:54 > 0:37:56and it's certainly not the type of desk chair
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- you see every day.- You like it?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I do like it, I do like it, but I think what I need to find out
0:38:01 > 0:38:03is if I'm going to like the price.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Say 300.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09300, OK. That is a little high,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I think, for this chair.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Would you do 225?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- HE SIGHS - 260.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- I can do 250. - 255. We'll go in the middle.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- I'll do that. I'll do that, 255. - Oh, Laura, it's been a pleasure.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Danny makes a profit of £82.24 for the chair and, finishing up,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30he sells his wheelbarrow to a tearoom in Ribchester,
0:38:30 > 0:38:36as a shop display, wheeling out a profit of £65.96.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39And that's him all sold up. Hoping not to be far behind,
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Eric's bought his watercolour to Edenbridge, in Kent.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46A little bit of investigation fails to reveal a signature.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49However, it does lead him to the door of picture dealer John.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52But will he want to buy it?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Well, I've got to admit that when I saw this,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I was just captivated by it.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I've had it out of the frame, there is no signature.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02However, initially I did know there was a name on the back
0:39:02 > 0:39:06that said Cortez, C-O-R-T-E-Z,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09so I start looking online
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and I can't find anybody with the name Cortez.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17However, I then thought, "Well, maybe it's Cortes,"
0:39:17 > 0:39:21and when I did that, I came up with Edouard Cortes,
0:39:21 > 0:39:25and then I started seeing that this man was prolific.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28He was born in, I think, 1882, or something like that,
0:39:28 > 0:39:34died in 1969, and I start looking at his oil paintings.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39And several of his oil paintings I find that he features a mother
0:39:39 > 0:39:41and a child side by side.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- There are several problems with that attribution.- Go on.
0:39:44 > 0:39:51Born in 1882, and we reckon this is about 1900, 1905,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55it would be a very juvenile picture at that stage of his career.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00I can't see anything stylistically in the handling of the medium
0:40:00 > 0:40:03which would make me think it was by Cortes, I have to say.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Frustrating that there's absolutely nothing on the back whatsoever.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- Nothing.- I might die before I discover who it's by
0:40:10 > 0:40:12but it's very, very charming.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I'm prepared to make an offer on it, something just over £200.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Are we near the 220?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- About 220, yes.- About 220.- Yeah.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- Have we got a deal? - We've got a deal.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24So Eric fails to get a definitive answer on the name of the painter,
0:40:24 > 0:40:26but his instincts pay off
0:40:26 > 0:40:30and he makes a profit of £96.60 on the painting.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34He makes it a full house when he sells his nautical engraving
0:40:34 > 0:40:36to maritime art specialist David.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Maybe we could meet in the middle, say 45?
0:40:40 > 0:40:4545? Listen, 45 is perfectly good by me.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Making a final profit of £22.79,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51and that's both our profit panthers over the finish line.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54So let's remind ourselves of how much they spent today.
0:40:57 > 0:41:04From a £1,000 budget, Eric bought eight lots and spent £629.36.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Danny bought only five items, but adding restoration costs
0:41:06 > 0:41:12and online auction charges, spent more in the end, £654.11.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15But who brought home the biggest profits?
0:41:15 > 0:41:19All of the money made will go to our dealers' chosen charities,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21so who is today's champion?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- Hey, how are we doing?- Not so bad.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- How are you?- I'm fine. - Always a pleasure to see you.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Oh, thank you, Danny. Well, it's nice to get back into
0:41:29 > 0:41:31the auction scene, for me.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I spent most of my life working for an auction house.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35What was your best buy?
0:41:35 > 0:41:39It's got to be that job lot with all the miscellaneous china,
0:41:39 > 0:41:41most of which was worth very little.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42There was a glass vase and cover.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45- Right.- It was fabulous.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49And it was about 1880, probably Bohemian,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51beautifully enamelled,
0:41:51 > 0:41:54and I found a man who really was keen to have it.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57So what was your best buy, Danny?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Well, my best buy, funnily enough, would have been my workbench.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Do you remember that workbench full of...?- Yes, I do.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05..woodworm and all sorts going on.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Yeah, well, I got it treated, I got it sanded, I got it re-waxed,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I got a little shelf put on the bottom.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Then I sold it to this lady, she's got a big antiques centre.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- Oh, right.- Went down very well. But it looked the business.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Come up trumps.- Good lad.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- OK, well, let's see if you're going to come up trumps here.- Yes.- OK.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Let's have a peep. - Are you ready?- I am.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- We'll do a one...- A one...
0:42:27 > 0:42:30A two, and a three!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- Ooh!- Ooh!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Well, hey, that's a very healthy profit.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- Yours is even healthier! - And that's what matters!
0:42:38 > 0:42:43- In your box it does, yeah, but not in mine.- Come on.- Come on then.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Yes, Eric wins today's contest by a country mile
0:42:46 > 0:42:50and it's all down to that blue glass vase.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Well, I realise I came up with a tidy profit there
0:42:53 > 0:42:57but, in all fairness, Danny really did give me a run for my money.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01So at the end of the day, I have to be eternally grateful
0:43:01 > 0:43:03to one Bohemian glass vase and cover.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I'm absolutely gutted.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I actually thought I was going to win that one.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09It just goes to show,
0:43:09 > 0:43:12don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15But Danny will get another shot at the crown tomorrow
0:43:15 > 0:43:18when our boys go into battle at an antiques market in Belgium.